Clytie Siddall wrote: > >I hope you won't mind me asking this on the i18n list.
A question like this really belongs on the Mailman-Users list, and followups should go there. >My daughter's >email was subscribed without her knowledge or consent to a Mailman >list today. I wrote to the list-owners, but it struck me that there >probably isn't much they can do about spam registrations. > >All the same, I was annoyed that this had happened (I filter my >daughter's mail to protect her), and I think other parents and people >whose email addresses are abused in this way won't understand that >it's not Mailman's fault. > >Is Mailman doing anything to protect itself from spammers? No list (Mailman or not) is completely safe from spam posts unless it is fully moderated. Mailman is just a tool that can be used or abused like any other. If a site allows only trusted people to create lists and all lists require subscription confirmation, that site's Mailman lists are pretty safe from unwanted subscribes. If you encounter a Mailman list that appears to be set up as a spam vehicle, the best approach is to contact the abuse and postmaster addresses at the hosting provider to complain. Of course, if someone has installed Mailman on his/her own workstation or server, there is no direct hosting provider, but the mail is still going out through some service that is either a spammer itself, in which case there's not much you can do, or it is a reputable service whose terms of service are being violated. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan _______________________________________________ Mailman-i18n mailing list Posts: [email protected] Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-i18n/archive%40mail-archive.com
